Dirty Work: As Deep as You Can Go
Fuck this is bad, oh god, shit, fuck.
Okay, I know what you're thinking. Hot girl walks into an interview with the head of the Department of Psychology and immediately gets hypnotized. Total Romero cliche, I know. Fuck. This sucks.
What am I even doing here? I'm not qualified for a public relations internship! I should have known this was a setup. I should have run the second I saw I was interviewing with Dr. Fielding instead of some cat mom lady in administration. Is this job even in public relations? I hate it here.
"Can you hear me, Andrea?"
"Yes, Dr. Fielding."
Oooh fuck this feels weird. Was that my voice? How did she make me say that? How is she doing this?
Alright, calm down. Let's piece it together. Fuck. It literally just happened. Why can't I remember?
Okay. The interview was going fine, I remember that. I nailed it, even. Huge win after the CVS debacle. The interview was going fine and then...then what? Dr. Fielding says,
"This feels like a good fit, Andrea. But I do have one more line of questions for you."
And I say...what did I say?
"Hit me, doc."
"For these questions, Andrea, I need you to go deeper."
Ohhhh fuuck! That was it, wasn't it? Some kind of trigger. It didn't take me immediately, but it did something. My shoulders straightened and I started listening. I turned off my smart ass charm and just let her inside my goddamn head.
How did she say it next?
"Just focus on me now, Andrea. Breathe. Breathe and listen."
And I repeated it like her fucking parrot. I couldn't stop focusing. I couldn't stop listening.
"Breathe and listen."
"I want you to think of the deepest place you've ever been to, Andrea. That place you go to when you need to shut out the rest of the world. I want you to think about that place, and then I want you to go even deeper."
"Deeper."
How did the trigger even work on me? Must have been something she planted. Must have been working me the entire interview. Could have been anything. That way she spoke, that way she tapped on her keyboard, that way she kept repeating my name.
It's all so suspect now. It couldn't have just been one thing. It was everything.
All about this. All about getting me here. Trapped down here as deep as my mind goes. Leaving me open, mindless, obedient
"Compliant, pliable, agreeable. Can you be all of that for me, Andrea?"
"Yes...
Dr. Fielding.
"Now I want you to come back to me, Andrea. I want you to climb out of that place so deep, deeper than you've ever gone, deeper than you knew even existed. But first I want you to find every part of you that still resists this, every part of you that doubts the power that I hold over you. I want to find that part of yourself, Andrea, and I want you to leave it down there, forever. So deep down there that you'll never find it again."
Doesn't feel so bad...down here forever...down here so deep where I never have to worry, or question, or think. Never have to think ever again. Never. Forever.
The world seemed to blink with Andrea's eyes. One moment she was answering Dr. Fielding's questions, and the next she was standing, shaking the professor's hand. She didn't know why she was smiling. She didn't know what had just happened. She asked the first, stupid question that came to her mind.
"So...I got the job?"
"Yes," Dr. Fielding smiled back. She stepped around the desk, placing her hand on Andrea's back, and she began to walk her toward the door. "Of course it's only part time. You'll work on a contingent basis. As needed."
"How often is that?" Andrea blinked again. She felt like she had a hangover.
"Oh, it's hard to say. Campus incidents seem to be more frequent these days, hence the need for your position. Of course Dean Pierce and I are relying on your discretion while you're employed with his office. Everything you do will be strictly confidential. I'm assuming you're comfortable with payment under the table."
"Sure," Andrea said slowly, still catching up to the conversation. She wanted the extra cash, but it was hard to imagine there wasn't some communications major who was more qualified for the job.
As Andrea stepped through the door into the hallway, Dr. Fielding snatched her by the wrist. Andrea yelped in surprise. Her skin was soft, but her touch was numbing like a snake bite. Why did she suddenly feel like putty in this woman's hands?
"Andrea," Dr. Fielding called out.
"Yes, Dr. Fielding," Andrea said without a thought.
"The money is only a perk. Never forget the real reason you're here."
There was no hesitation this time.
"I have no choice," Andrea's words came out slow, deliberate, a truth from the absolute bottom. As low as she could go. "I am a loyal student of Carpenter State University. I proudly serve Dean Pierce. I must protect the legacy of this great institution."
I must obey.
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song: "джинн" by дайте танк
1)"What can I wish for when I've had a drink and smoked? Hey, Genie, tell me, suggest options." 2) "I still haven't conquered this whole town. It is inhabited by poets and musicians"
3) "I'll talk about health, you'll start talking about sports, nutrition and daily routine" 4) "I'll ask for money, you'll start hinting at work. Oh, shut up, don't piss me off"
5) "I need a back door." 6) "So that I could leave at any moment As if I had nothing to do with it"
7) "I need a black cat" 8) "This is a weighty argument Enemies spit over their shoulder"
9) "And I've already disappeared. And you won't find my tracks, and I won't show up anymore."
10) "It's time to start the process, I'm ready for everything now, I'm not afraid" 11) "My era is like a carnival. Careful, spoiler alert!"
12) "In the end, everyone will die."
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